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Crown gave staff COVID-19 leave, then clawed it back from taxpayers – Sydney Morning Herald
The casino giant recovered voluntary payment of two weeks’ wages to staff who were stood down due to COVID-19 from taxpayers by claiming it back through the government’s…
The JobKeeper subsidy of $1500 per fortnight, which was backdated to March 1, is not likely to have covered the full cost of Crown’s payments to permanent staff given most of them earn more than that. Crown paid a lump sum of $1000 to some casual workers, but only “long-term” casual workers are eligible to receive JobKeeper payments.
A Crown spokeswoman declined to comment.
The union representing Crown’s gaming floor and hospitality workers, the United Workers Union, raised concerns with management…
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